acorn squash

1. 1.

   squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges

   Broaderwinter squash

   Partsacorn squash
2. 2.

   small dark green or yellow ribbed squash with yellow to orange flesh

   Broaderwinter squash

   Part ofacorn squash

Questions about acorn squash

What does acorn squash mean?

acorn squash means "squash plant bearing small acorn-shaped fruits having yellow flesh and dark green or yellow rind with longitudinal ridges". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is acorn squash a common word?

acorn squash is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.